Mop up chemo experiences

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Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:56 am

Bag changed. I made healthy folate free muffins and yogurt and fresh fruit for breakfast as I wont be enjoying them for a while. Leftover.dinner ready for tonight in frig, first xeloda on board with lump on chest as proof. Friend coming at 10 to take me. Going to park with pup for a romp and ball toss to work off some steam. It is supposed to cool ofc to 80s this weekend so wont have the heat verse AC to contend with as well.
Tongue is numb, anyone else feel anything like that?
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

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Shana
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences Cycle 5

Postby Shana » Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:59 pm

Caat55 wrote:
O Stoma Mia wrote:
    XELOX (CAPEOX) Treatment Schedule

    Cycle 1 Infusion: March 22, 2018- Day 01
    Cycle 2 Infusion: April 12, 2018 - Day 22
    Cycle 3 Infusion: May 3, 2018 - Day 43
    Cycle 4 Infusion: May 24, 2018 - Day 64 (Note: Oxaliplatin infusion skipped on Cycle 4)
    Cycle 5 Infusion: June 14, 2018 - Day 85◄◄◄
    Last Xeloda pill: June 28, 2018 - Day 98
    End of TX cycle: July 5, 2018 - Day 105

According to oncologist, i will have kast cycle of infusion now on July 5th. He still wants me to try 5 for a total of 24 weeks of chemo, 120 days.
How do ypu keep track of us all? Thank you.
Susan


OSM is a wonder! Looks like your last infusion will be right after fireworks, a good day to celebrate! :)
DX - 12/16
MSS - KRAS wild
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma at splenic flexure
Stage IV CC with liver mets
5FU - Failed twice - 1/17 and 3/17
Irinotecan + Cetuximab: 8/17
Irinotecan and Erbitux ran it's course. CEA rising
Primary tumor invaded tail of pancreas and spleen. Liver mets major concern
Y-90 radioembolization on 9/17/18, liver enzyymes have dropped. 10 Radiation treatments to primary tumor completed too. CT scan Nov to assess overall situation...

Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Fri Jun 15, 2018 1:20 am

Thanx Shana. It will be celebration of independence. My birthay a few days later. My husband suggested we claim the whole month.
S
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:11 am

Slept so solidly last night didn't wake up when my bag started to balloon, it bursts off the flange and a little mess. My husband is so great he remembered to get me slippers to run around and get things like a new bag and get it reattached while he stripped the bed and took care of all the stuff for me.
If it's not one thing it's another. A new day more Adventures. Did manage to get in 7,000 steps just by spending 5 hours in a chair. Going to see if I can get to 10,000 today maybe that'll flush this stuff out of my body quicker.
Happy Friday.
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

heiders33
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby heiders33 » Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:36 pm

“If it’s not one thing, it’s another” was my mantra during treatment. I would recover from my infusion, and then my bag would blow out. Etc, etc.

Great job on all the steps!
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy

Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:49 pm

heiders33 wrote:“If it’s not one thing, it’s another” was my mantra during treatment. I would recover from my infusion, and then my bag would blow out. Etc, etc.

Great job on all the steps!


Thanks for letting me know I am not alone with the bag blow out. Slept so heavy from drugs I am sure. My husband said I was talking craziness in my sleep too.

S
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

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Shana
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Shana » Fri Jun 15, 2018 5:01 pm

Caat55 wrote:Slept so solidly last night didn't wake up when my bag started to balloon, it bursts off the flange and a little mess. My husband is so great he remembered to get me slippers to run around and get things like a new bag and get it reattached while he stripped the bed and took care of all the stuff for me.
If it's not one thing it's another. A new day more Adventures. Did manage to get in 7,000 steps just by spending 5 hours in a chair. Going to see if I can get to 10,000 today maybe that'll flush this stuff out of my body quicker.
Happy Friday.


Well that sucks but so glad that you have an understanding and helpful husband :) At least you got some good rest.

Just curious, does walking help the body flush chemo out faster? I know they tell me to drink water and stay hydrated but I thought we wanted to keep it in our system to do it's job... honestly I don't know enough about how chemo works to know how much time is required to get the total benefit before it leaves our body.
DX - 12/16
MSS - KRAS wild
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma at splenic flexure
Stage IV CC with liver mets
5FU - Failed twice - 1/17 and 3/17
Irinotecan + Cetuximab: 8/17
Irinotecan and Erbitux ran it's course. CEA rising
Primary tumor invaded tail of pancreas and spleen. Liver mets major concern
Y-90 radioembolization on 9/17/18, liver enzyymes have dropped. 10 Radiation treatments to primary tumor completed too. CT scan Nov to assess overall situation...

Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Sat Jun 16, 2018 5:31 pm

Yes, it sucks. The drugs have worn of and awful set in. Sleeping is the best option today,
I think anything to get rid of the stuff is worth a try.
S
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

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Shana
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Shana » Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:23 pm

Caat55 wrote:Yes, it sucks. The drugs have worn of and awful set in. Sleeping is the best option today,
I think anything to get rid of the stuff is worth a try.
S


Hang in there! I know we keep saying that but you're almost there.

Sleep and soup and whatever else helps, hope tomorrow is better for you xoxo
DX - 12/16
MSS - KRAS wild
Well-differentiated adenocarcinoma at splenic flexure
Stage IV CC with liver mets
5FU - Failed twice - 1/17 and 3/17
Irinotecan + Cetuximab: 8/17
Irinotecan and Erbitux ran it's course. CEA rising
Primary tumor invaded tail of pancreas and spleen. Liver mets major concern
Y-90 radioembolization on 9/17/18, liver enzyymes have dropped. 10 Radiation treatments to primary tumor completed too. CT scan Nov to assess overall situation...

retiredteacher
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby retiredteacher » Tue Jun 19, 2018 11:29 am

Hang in there - it gets better from this point forward!
t.
RC F 63 9/17
Adeno 7 cm MSS G2 PET
T3N0M0
2.5K Cap/RT x 25
"Near complete response" PET 1/18
CEA 0.5 10/17, 0.6 10/18
MRI 2/18 yT2N0 12 cm fr AV 3 cm
LAR 2/18 yT1N0M0 0/21 G1 0.3 cm
CAPEOX 3/18, reduced to 80% at cycle 3
Completed 4 cycles; stopped, gut issues, liver enzymes
CT/ colonoscopy 11/18 NED
4/19 NED Sacral fractures/osteoporosis
"Caregiver" to the Iron Man
Hubby CRC Stage 3 2004 NED, Small Cell Lung Cancer Limited 2011 NED, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer 2019 NED October 2019

Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:01 pm

retiredteacher wrote:Hang in there - it gets better from this point forward!
t.

I think I can't do one more but know I have too. Giving myself and my family every chance for a long life together. Having lost a brother at 30 to colon cancer, I can't let it happen again.

I am so happy for you. Please let me know how you are feeling, are the abdominal pains gone?
S
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby retiredteacher » Wed Jun 20, 2018 10:18 pm

Abdominal pains, acid etc. is tailing down. Up and down. Feet are an issue - think may take a couple months to square away - quite painful off and on. Frustrating to be so weak, not have energy. Got in the pool for the first time this year and then just baked in the sun on the hot concrete. Felt great. Takes time. Susan - looks like you have gone to six cycles instead of five?
RC F 63 9/17
Adeno 7 cm MSS G2 PET
T3N0M0
2.5K Cap/RT x 25
"Near complete response" PET 1/18
CEA 0.5 10/17, 0.6 10/18
MRI 2/18 yT2N0 12 cm fr AV 3 cm
LAR 2/18 yT1N0M0 0/21 G1 0.3 cm
CAPEOX 3/18, reduced to 80% at cycle 3
Completed 4 cycles; stopped, gut issues, liver enzymes
CT/ colonoscopy 11/18 NED
4/19 NED Sacral fractures/osteoporosis
"Caregiver" to the Iron Man
Hubby CRC Stage 3 2004 NED, Small Cell Lung Cancer Limited 2011 NED, Non-small Cell Lung Cancer 2019 NED October 2019

Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:04 am

retiredteacher wrote:Abdominal pains, acid etc. is tailing down. Up and down. Feet are an issue - think may take a couple months to square away - quite painful off and on. Frustrating to be so weak, not have energy. Got in the pool for the first time this year and then just baked in the sun on the hot concrete. Felt great. Takes time. Susan - looks like you have gone to six cycles instead of five?

We postponed cycle four, got to enjoy vacation with our daughter in NYC. It wasn't the plan but a miscommunication with doctor, rather than decrease dose as we discussed, he nacelles it and there wasn't an open slot. I so hate what this does to us all but it beats the alternative. I went to yoga today, being head down made nausea worse but I did the whole class. Yeah me.
S
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

Caat55
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby Caat55 » Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:48 pm

Just finishing round five, last one. Symptoms come on so quickly now. This time already experiencing nausea and fatigue. Skin down there bleeds when I blot after peeing. Everything is so fragile.
Good news though, we ordered aTesla 3 four years ago when released, wepick up tomorrow. Something to look forward to, new car smell, long gasfree drives with husband as we explore Tesla network
Susan
Do at 55 y.o. Female
Dx 9/26/17 RC Stage 3
Completed 33 rad. tx, xeolda 12/8/17
MRI and PET 1/18 sign. regression
Surgery 1/31/18 Ileostomy, clean margins, no lymph node involved
Port 3/1/2018
Oxaliplatin and Xeloda start 3/22/18
Last Oxaliplatin 7/5/18, 5 rounds
CT NED 9/2018
PET NED 12/18
Clear Colonoscopy 2/19, 5/20

heiders33
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Re: Mop up chemo experiences

Postby heiders33 » Thu Jul 05, 2018 6:49 pm

Congrats! I remember that 5th cycle being an absolute whammy. So glad that you are done! Go out and celebrate!
40 year-old female
May 2017: Dx rectal cancer T3N2M0
MSS, KRAS G12D
6/17: 28 days chemorad
9/17: LAR/loop ileostomy, CAPOX six rounds
3/18: reversal
9/18: liver met, resection/HAI pump, 11 rounds 5FU, 1 round FUDR
11/19 - local recurrence, brachytherapy, 3 weeks targeted radiation
12/21 - end colostomy


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